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What is the point of Safer Internet Day.

What is the point of Safer Internet Day? Kids' online habits changed and grew coarser during COVID-19 and we think schools and parents didn't notice a thing except kids were using their phones more. Let's get rid of safer internet day #SID2023 and do something else if nobody is bothered to keep up. 

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75% of us, don't care about our personal internet safety

Former Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe really annoyed

Prime Minister, Theresa May, when she was Home Secretary. She agreed with his stance on cybercrime, but not the way he went about it. He suggested Police would be slow to investigate online security crimes where the individuals failed to take online protection seriously especially having an 'upto date' antivirus. He openly backed banks, credit card providers doing the same, not refunding customers losses. She disliked the way he went about it, she's not so so keen on the other guy in the photo below either. 

 

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Can Social Media be blamed for high teen suicide rates in the UK?

Social Media and the amount of time we spend online has a greater effect on our lives and mental health than we, as adults, can often comprehend.

Our children have an even less understanding of the impact social media, online bullying and instant gratification has on their day to day lives and overall happiness.

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Honesty App, Sarahah, Thank you for your honesty

Cyber bullying has been in the spotlight over the last decade due to individuals abusing the right to express themselves while affecting others in the process. The Sarahah app has given such individuals a platform in which they can target others by sending any type of message they wish without exposing their identity.

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Sexting is a bigger issue than Obesity, Bullying & Drugs in UK Schools

The 2016 UK NSPCC/Office of the Children’s Commissioner England study found that just over one in ten boys and girls (13%) had taken topless pictures of themselves (around one in four of those were girls) and 3% had taken full length naked pictures. 55% of the children had shared the images with others. What's more frightening is that 31% of this group had also shared their image with someone that they did not know.

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Cyberbullying facts and advice for parents, children and young people

Cyberbullying involves the use of technologies such as the internet, social networking sites, websites, email, text and instant messaging and gaming platforms to repeatedly intimidate or harass others. 

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